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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- I know it's a really random question.  For some reason, we have some very tall kids on the team and almost all seem to play OF.  I know some very solid kids who got cut and they're on the shorter side- 5'6"ish - so I wondered if all things equal, the coach went for height as the tiebreaker.

(My son is corner IF and P and he is 6'- the OF makes him look small.)[/quote]

It is undeniable that physical size plays a role, sure. If 2 players are actually equal in skill. But that isn’t always the case, and (most likely) wasn’t the case with the kids who were cut, either.

Were the 5’6” kids physically mature? Because that can definitely play a role more than height itself. Some kids that height in high school are just late maturers and haven’t developed strength yet…which can itself be the problem.

I know a 5’5” kid who started on varsity this year as a freshman, at a large classification high school with multiple D1 commits on the team. We’ve know him since he was a little kid. and he can just flat out play. He is long past physical maturity however- super strong and fast, big arm, weighs 160ish pounds if I had to guess. The family is just very short and is of an ethnic background where that is not uncommon. Tons of 6 footer kids on the JV team, and on the JV bench at that. If you can play, you can play…[/quote]

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